An add-on city set for the Moonlit Atlas book

Tokyo

Old Tokyo and neon Tokyo on one night street: Fuji at the back, the Skytree over a temple gate, and a cherry-blossom tunnel lit by lanterns.

The Moonlit Atlas book, closed, with the Tokyo set folded flat inside. Scroll to open it.

Press the brass button and the lid lifts. Three rows of Tokyo stand up with it, upright when the lid reaches 90°.

The back row is the skyline: Fuji under its snow cap, the Skytree at 119 mm, and Tokyo Tower in orange and white.

The middle row puts old beside new: the Kaminarimon lantern, a five-storey pagoda, a vermilion torii, and the neon towers of Shibuya.

In front, five cherry trees meet in one blossom tunnel over the river, and a shinkansen crosses its viaduct. Below, the Shibuya scramble.

Lights out. Every window and star glows, from the neon towers to the tiers of the pagoda. It is glow filament: no batteries, no wires.

Drag to turn the book. Tap a number for its story.

Walk the street

Old Tokyo, neon Tokyo

Neon pink, vermilion gates, white towers and a tunnel of cherry blossom lit by lanterns. The set keeps both cities on one street, the temple lantern a few doors down from the neon signs.

Old Tokyo

Neon Tokyo

In real life

Printed, layer lines and all

Each picture starts as a render of the real CAD, which an image model turns into a photo of the print. A checker compares it with its render, and any picture that adds or changes a part is thrown out. Your own print's layer lines and colours will vary.

The Tokyo set in a dark room: glow-filament windows and stars shine in the towers, the pagoda, the shinkansen and the cherry trees — Lights out: the windows of the neon towers, the pagoda's tiers, the shinkansen and the blossom tunnel glow on their own, under the stars.

The Tokyo set standing in the open Moonlit Atlas book: Fuji, the Skytree, Tokyo Tower, the temple gate and pagoda, cherry trees, a shinkansen, and the crossing on the harbor plate — With the lamp on: Fuji and the pagoda at left, the Skytree in the middle, Tokyo Tower and its torii at right, and the crossing on the plate.

Close-up of the Tokyo set: the shinkansen on its viaduct and five cherry trees in front, the pagoda, the Kaminarimon gate with its red lantern, Fuji, neon towers, Tokyo Tower and a torii behind — Up close: the Kaminarimon lantern and the pagoda a few steps from the neon towers, with the shinkansen and the blossom tunnel in front.

Swap it in

New York off, Tokyo on

The book comes with New York. Each row clicks onto its frame with two magnets and two V-keys. Lift it straight up and it comes free.

With the three rows off, lift the New York harbor plate out of the tray.

Drop in the Tokyo plate, with the Shibuya crossing and a lantern boat on the river.

Set the Tokyo rows on, back to front, and the magnets pull each one home. Going back to New York, or on to another city, takes the same four moves.

What you get

The Tokyo set, for the book you own

It needs the Moonlit Atlas book

This is an add-on. The pack has no book of its own: it mounts on the Moonlit Atlas book, which is sold separately and comes with New York. The rows click onto the book's three row frames, the plate drops into its tray, and Tokyo swaps with any other city set.

See the Moonlit Atlas book

In the pack

Printed parts: 4: three building rows and a harbor plate 41 color regions in all
Bought hardware: 6 disc magnets, 6 × 2 mm two for each row frame
Filament: 121 g of PLA 4.3 oz, slicer estimate
Print time: about 5 h 31 min slicer estimate for the whole set

Sizes

Largest row: 164 × 122.5 mm the skyline row, Fuji to Tokyo Tower
Harbor plate: 194.4 × 65.6 mm
Skytree: 119 mm above its row 4.7 in
Building depth: up to 12 mm, so the rows fold flat 0.47 in

For the printer

A 0.4 mm nozzle, with multi-material for the color regions.
Windows are glow-in-the-dark PLA inlays, 0.8 mm deep. They glow brightest for 30 to 60 minutes after a lamp has charged them.
Rows print on their backs, fronts up, and the plate prints flat. Every part fits a 256 × 256 mm bed.
The smallest details, the people on the crossing among them, are 1.2 mm wide.